A story in the New York Times this morning reveals that even the White House isn’t sure how to explain President Obama’s decision to golf immediately after his press conference denouncing Islamic State terrorists for beheading American journalist James Foley.

In response to criticism of Obama’s decisions, White House aides only cited Obama’s earlier call with Foley’s family.

“Aides said the golf game did not reflect the depth of his grief over Mr. Foley, noting that the president had just spoken with his parents that morning,” the Times reported.

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Jennifer Palmieri, the White House communications director, tried to point to Obama’s speech itself to dissuade critics.

“His concern for the Foleys and Jim was evident to all who saw and heard his statement,” she said, ignoring the golf question.

But as the Times reports, “Privately, many Democrats shook their heads at what they considered a judgment error.”

James Manley, a former aide to both Sen. Ted Kennedy and Sen. Harry Reid told the Times that “a lot of Democrats flinched” at Obama’s decision.

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“[T]he idea that he was going to immediately run to the golf course was just a little too much for folks; it was tone-deaf,” he added.

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